Skittles

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Skittles \Skit"tles\, n. pl. [Of Scand. origin. [root]159. See
     {Shoot}, v. t., and cf. {Shuttle}, {Skit}, v. t.]
     An English game resembling ninepins, but played by throwing
     wooden disks, instead of rolling balls, at the pins.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  skittles
       n : bowling down an alley at a target of nine wooden pins [syn:
           {ninepins}]